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make someone/thing out1Manage with some difficulty to see or hear something: in the dim light it was difficult to make out the illustration...- The blurriness in his eyes made it difficult to read but eventually he managed to make it out.
- I didn't know what I was saying, because I couldn't hear it or make it out, but I saw Jason walk up again, and again he was crying.
- His voice became faint to her, and her vision blurry, but as she could no longer make him out or hear his voice she couldn't tell what he said.
Synonyms see, discern, distinguish, perceive, pick out, detect, notice, observe, recognize, catch sight of, glimpse, discover literary descry, espy, behold understand, comprehend, follow, grasp, fathom, work out, figure out, make sense of, interpret, decipher, make head or tail of, get, get the drift of, catch British informal suss out 1.1Understand the character or motivation of: I can’t make her out—she’s so inconsistent...- It's difficult to make Jason out because he was fine in Australia's first round match at the beginning of the week.
- He clearly feels protective of her, but she can't make him out: is he a fantastic copper or just a complete nutter?
Synonyms demonstrate, show to be true, establish, substantiate, prove, verify, validate, authenticate, corroborate 2 [with infinitive or clause] Assert; represent: I’m not as bad as I’m made out to be...- Knowing now some of the unspeakable horrors that other children went through it is difficult to make him out as anything other than firm but fair.
- In our very hearing you make him out to be a traitor!
- It is not as difficult as you first make it out to be.
2.1Try to give a specified impression; pretend: he made out he was leaving...- Anyway, at the end of the discussion Robbie was making out that they had settled everything.
- We had half a page in the local paper, who made out they had discovered the whole story.
- He makes out that he's sick, so Dan immediately decides to can the trip (much to his fiancée's chagrin).
Synonyms allege, claim, assert, declare, maintain, affirm, aver, suggest, imply, hint, insinuate, indicate, intimate, impute, make as if/though, pretend 3Draw up or write out a list or document: send a cheque made out to Trinity College...- When she made out her application, she received offers from universities including Lancaster, but she refused because she was set on going to Oxford.
- It looks like Charlotte made the list out for her.
- The contract of carriage shall be confirmed by the making out of a consignment note.
Synonyms write out, fill out, fill in, complete, draw up, draft, inscribe See parent entry: make |